Wilson Audio Mezzo Convergent Synergy User Manual

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tecture of the room. However, if you have some flexibility in locating your Surrounds, we

suggest that you use the Wilson Setup Procedure (WASP) to find the Zone of Neutrality. Be

sure to listen for room modes and frequency response peaks or dips.

WATCH Dog and Thor’s Hammer Passive Subwoofers

Because the WATCH Dog and Thor’s Hammer’s frequency range is limited to the sub-

frequency bass range, its placement requirements are slightly different than for a full fre-

quency speaker. The ideal position of the WATCH Dog passive subwoofer is somewhat de-

pendent on its primary use. In home theaters, where the Wilson subwoofers is used as the

Low Frequency Effects (LFE) channel, it may be located in a variety of positions, depending

on architectural considerations. In general, the lower frequency range will be reinforced

by room boundaries and corners. Since most of the information contained in the LFE chan-

nel is in the sub-frequency bass range, with little information in the mid and upper bass,

there are some advantages to placing wither Wilson subwoofer near the room boundaries

or near a corner. Some care is needed to avoid introducing upper-bass colorations caused

by corner placement. While surround processors provide the low frequency equalized

signal for the LFE Channel, it has been our experience that in some systems it is desirable

to use the Low Pass crossover (via the Wilson Controller) to additionally limit upper bass

range. This is particularly important and useful when the WATCH Dog or Thor’s Hammer

is placed in the corner. Since all Wilson Audio Speakers are phase and time coherent, it is

very important to time align any Wilson subwoofer in the room using the Phase Control on

the Controller (see Controller owner’s manual).

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